India is one of the hot tourist destinations in the world. It is so due to variety of tourist attractions and delicious food. Due to this, domestic as well as international inbound tourists’ movement is worth mentioning. However, it also can be mentioned that, India is not trying hard to attract and excel the tourists, to its potential. Indian tourism sector is one of the industries, where, multiple taxes are levied. The sector was expecting some relief in the new tax regime of Goods and Services Tax (GST). Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax which was introduced in India on 1 July 2017 and was applicable throughout India which replaced multiple cascading taxes levied by the central and state governments. But, apparently, it can be perceived that, instead of providing relief, it has made worst. However academicians do believe that, inflation in the price of tourism, would be a temporary phenomena, in the longer run, the prices would go down, and GST would be beneficial to the sector. Present article, is an attempt to put forth, both the perceptions with facts and figures.
